Bond investors have been throwing a tantrum for weeks, but the stock market doesn’t seem to be all that fazed by it. The sell-off battering global bond markets picked up steam late in the week, with yields rising to their highest level in 24 years. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield spiked as high as
The bond market is saying something that all investors should be paying attention to. Key bond yields have been drifting higher for years, but the recent sell-off in US Treasurys has accelerated in 2026. Then on Wednesday, investors really hit the gas, as fears about a hot economy, a spiraling fiscal situation, and waning demand
Pockets of fuel shortages worldwide, continuing price spikes, and rising inflationary pressure are now more imminent amid the ongoing Iran war escalation and the continuing decline of global energy supplies, analysts said. On Wednesday, the global benchmark for crude oil topped $101 per barrel for the first time since July and the U.S. standard for
Movie genres wax and wane over time in a way that can be borderline imperceptible. The Western did its slow fade through the 1960s, but it took a while to realize that it was heading into the sunset (and then, of course, it came back). On a less elevated level, I watched “Spa Weekend” and
